The resurgent dominance of female pop-stars this summer - coupled with the dominance of female greatness at the Olympics. Coming on the heels of Barbie summer, this summer seems like the cultural cup is brimming with female greatness, creating a really interesting stage for the election this November —> interested in how (at least from my perspective, from my own pocket of popular culture that I interact with) it seems like girlhood (and even queer) culture is reaching a dominant point
In age of information - when you can know anything - how do we encourage students to learn a curriculum?
Everyone knows about the 20-year trend cycle that's the rule for fashion (how long it takes for something to go out of style and become fashionable again) but what happens now, with a culture that's so deeply knowing? How do elements like irony, satire, homage, spoof, being lore-obsessed, all converge to mark our distinctly Gen Z cultural creations & interactions. META nature
Y2K, Indie Sleaze, this time marked by the burgeoning internet
- how do mass cultural events shape these moments & maybe even usher them in - i.e., 9/11, Covid
- What does this mean for the writing coming out of our time - can we achieve the authenticity we yearn for when it's masked in irony and meta-narratives and satire? Or maybe even will that authenticity be achieved by using unconventional methods more in tune with Gen Z mentality? Are they at odds, or working together?
- And what trends emerge as a result of these cultural trends that are simultaneously cyclical and mounting?
- We are at a point where scholars and journalists are analyzing the “water” that contextualized the culture that we are effectively living within a re-run of. How does that shape our understanding of & relationship to our “water”?
How do we use literature as a way of showing kids that they can be a part of it too?
What are your current literacy interest(s)? This could include particular literacy practices, theories, frameworks, methodologies, etc.
Connecting literacy and popular culture/the online landscape of contemporary culture-making; Linguistic bias in education & the integration of vernacular systems in education